My favorite Guatemalan dish is from the breakfast menu, but I often find myself ordering it for dinner as well. The first time I had it in Antigua, I wasn’t quite sure of what to do with it. They brought out eggs, some funny looking cheese, fried plantains, and bowl of black/brown pasty soup.
I looked to Brian in confusion. “What are we supposed to do with this?”
We both weren’t sure what the proper process was since it was only our first day in the country. Most of all, we didn’t want to look like fools if there was some traditional way of eating it.
“I guess I’ll try dipping stuff in it,” I said.
I tried a little of my toast, a little of the cheese, and even a little of the banana. We realized it was just some sort of black bean soup, but I just wasn’t sure if I liked the taste combination at the time.
I decided to give it another try, and the taste started growing on me. I started mixing everything together – I was in love. “Eggs with black beans…” I said, “where have you been all my life?!”
Sometimes the beans are less soupy, and sometimes the cheese is more of a cream. Other times, the eggs come with onion and tomato, or you might be lucky and get tortillas instead of bread. It doesn’t really matter to me how it comes – I still love it. Even after getting sick off this meal last week from a shady local restaurant that smelled of urine and old beer, I continue to order my huevos y frijoles.
yes, i have searched in vain for those black beans in the U.S. but I have never found them. Whatever they do down there to the black beans they do it well!!! Yum Yum!!
They’re Ducal frijoles… I brought 3 huge cans home with me! I ate them at every meal. My favorite was dipping cheese flavored chips in the can for lunch. I’ve only seen them once in the states, and it was at a really random international food store…. lastima.
This might help guys http://www.mexgrocer.com/1400.html enjoy